Hazel’s setting will wow you. My husband was so impressed by the professional setup and the resources and facilities within the setting from the first visit, as well as Hazel’s calm, confident, reassuring manner.

For Hazel, childminding is clearly a vocation and the thought she puts into her activities and learning opportunities is so meticulous. Having worked in education and social care for the past 20 years I am so impressed with Hazel’s grasp of the EYFS curriculum and her ability to use play to build language, independence, creativity and confidence.

My daughter loves the opportunity she gets to build and make things in Hazel’s setting and she is proud of what she makes, excited to share it with us. Hazel uses play to teach about the wider world eg my daughter recently learnt about oceans and the importance or keeping the environment clean through a recycling activity and she brought this new understanding home. Hazel also promoted independence through a sock washing activity where children washed the socks and put them on the ‘washing line’. My daughter then showed an interest in the washing at home and putting her socks on independently!

Hazel is adept at taking children out on trips and excursions to parks, museums, lavender fields where she takes really professional photos, but my daughter is just as happy in the setting learning about healthy eating and counting, how to use cutlery safely and making friends with the other children.

We would recommend Hazel to anyone and feel so lucky to have found her and will be using her at every opportunity during my daughter’s pre school holidays

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